Hamilton escapes penalty over Massa incident

Lewis Hamilton has avoided a potential grid penalty ahead of tomorrow’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, after an incident with Felipe Massa in Q2 in qualifying today.

As Massa was on a hot lap, entering Turn 4, Hamilton was close to the apex of the corner, and accidentaly turned into Massa, realised his mistake, then swerved off the track to avoid the Ferrari, hitting a camera bollard in the process. This incident, along with a separate one involving Massa and Rubens Barrichello, were reported to the stewards, but no action was taken in either case.

Here is what Massa had to say about the incident:

"On my last out-lap, I came up behind so much traffic and it
was all very confusing, especially as Hamilton, who was ahead
of me, had slowed a lot at Turn 14.
At the end of the session, I was called to the stewards to
discuss this incident and also the one with Hamilton again in
Q2.
This sort of thing can happen as can be seen from the fact
that no action was taken.